Stoð
Old Icelandic Dictionary - stoðMeaning of Old Icelandic word "stoð" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
stoð Old Icelandic word can mean:
- stoð
- (pl. støðr, steðr, later stoðir), f.
- stoð
- 1) pillar, post; eru veggir hans ok steðr ok stólpar af rauðu gulli, its walls and pillars and posts are of red gold;
- stoð
- 2) fig. prop, support (margar stoðir runnu undir hann, frændr, mágar ok vinir).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛏᚢᚦ
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- pl.
- plural.
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